# WD6 4LG: area report for a postcode in Hertsmere

WD6 4LG is a postcode in Hertsmere.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Hertsmere. Open the map at WD6 4LG for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere) › [WD6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd6) › [WD6 4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wd6-4)

## Around this postcode

- **30 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 23% on July. Hertsmere 007E: 79 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.2919,51.6685,WD64LG
- **Elstree and Borehamwood, 1.9 km**: About 24 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.2919,51.6685,WD64LG
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 530 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.2919,51.6685,WD64LG
- **No property in WD6 4LG listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.2919,51.6685,WD64LG
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Hertsmere 007E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.2919,51.6685,WD64LG
- **£548,704 average price**: For the whole of Hertsmere, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.2919,51.6685,WD64LG
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.7 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.2919,51.6685,WD64LG
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.2919,51.6685,WD64LG
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WD6 4LG**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.2919,51.6685,WD64LG
- **Low road and rail noise at WD6 4LG**: Road 50 dB, rail 44 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.2919,51.6685,WD64LG
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.2919,51.6685,WD64LG
- **11.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.2919,51.6685,WD64LG

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Meryfield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/meryfield-primary-school-e145351) | Primary | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2022 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Parkside Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parkside-community-primary-school-e117562) | Primary | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, March 2025 | 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hertsmere Jewish Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hertsmere-jewish-primary-school-e147283) | Primary | 990 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024 | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Radlett Preparatory School Ltd](https://openindex.co.uk/school/radlett-preparatory-school-ltd-e117615) | Independent | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Cowley Hill School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cowley-hill-school-e117099) | Primary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Woodlands Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/woodlands-primary-school-e117181) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Teresa Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-teresa-catholic-primary-school-e117466) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hertswood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hertswood-academy-e138747) | Secondary | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 35.4 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2025 | £395,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| December 2023 | £410,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| March 2025 | £380,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| February 2026 | £364,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| November 2025 | £425,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| March 2026 | £236,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| August 2025 | £550,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |
| May 2024 | £505,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: METRO PHARMACY (640 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL PRACTICE (640 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Boreham Wood - Organ Hall Road (310 m, The Co-operative Group); Co-op Boreham Wood - Leeming Road (630 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £548,704** (July 2026). Hertsmere’s average house price was £548,704 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £43,813** (2025). Full-time workers living in Hertsmere earned a median of £43,813 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 68th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 12.5×** (2025). A home in Hertsmere costs 12.5 times local full-time pay. 17th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 14.1** (2025). Hertsmere has a deprivation score of 14.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 81st least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Hertsmere 007E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 20.3** (2025). Hertsmere 007E has a deprivation score of 20.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 14,445th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £460,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Hertsmere 007E was £460,500 in 2025. Joint 5,971st most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,648** (2021). Hertsmere 007E had 1,648 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,793rd most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.4%** (January 2026). In Hertsmere 007E, 99.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## WD6 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £450,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WD6 was £450,000 in 2025. Joint 412th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 41,773** (2021). WD6 had 41,773 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 394th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 1%** (2022). About 1% of people in WD6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.4%** (January 2026). In WD6, 90.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere)
- Centre: 51.6685, -0.2919

Council: [Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/hertsmere) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Hertsmere](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hertsmere): Sir Oliver Dowden (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.2919,51.6685,WD64LG

## How to cite

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